While a fifth concurred: "I can’t work out what the hell is going on in #EastEnders recently. All these new characters we are supposed to know and their plans. I’m totally lost! #chaotic #nocontinuity".

The fireworks were supposed to alert the men to start the heist, however they also caught the attention of his mother, Karen Taylor, who shrieked noisily as they went off.

Another startlingly obvious moment came when Keegan later used a firework to blow open the door of The Queen Vic, causing another noisy scene and alerting Shirley Carter of Mick's escape, after she had locked him in the basement.

The fireworks went off in the middle of Walford alerting other residents [BBC]

Questioning the use of fireworks while undertaking a secret mission one viewer said: "The signal for the robbery is f**** fireworks, the most obvious signal ever #eastenders".

While another added: "The fireworks to start the armed robbery are nice and subtle #eastenders".